Security Clearance Nightmares: Deployed Overseas with Security Clearance Issues
This story is fiction, but with minor variations in the details, it has happened and will continue to happen each year to hundreds of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel deployed to the Middle East....
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Industrial Security Program Issues Updates on Fingerprint Policy, Potential...
The National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) recommends changes in industrial security policy. Their recommendations can influence modifications to Executive Order...
View ArticleSecurity Clearances and Medical Marijuana
The Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information needs to specifically address the medical use of marijuana. Although some believe there is enough ambiguity...
View ArticleWhen You Need a Lawyer to Help Fix Your Clearance Problems
Is it worth the expense to pay for professional assistance when facing security clearance denial or revocation? Probability of SUCCESS I reviewed 500 cases decided by Administrative Judges (AJs) at the...
View ArticleSecurity Clearance News, Updates and Changes in 2012
Read on for a by-month breakdown of importance changes and updates in the security clearance process. January USD-I Report on Polygraph—In December 2011 the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for...
View ArticleChanges to the Security Clearance Mental Health Question
Over the past few decades the security clearance mental health question on the most commonly used national security clearance application form (SF86) has become increasingly complex as the form itself...
View ArticleSecurity Clearance Policy Updates
Four significant pending changes to federal personnel security policy were mentioned in the published minutes of the last NISPPAC meeting. These changes were reported by Charles Sowell, the former...
View ArticleAaron Alexis and the Failure of the Federal Security Clearance Process
A lot has been reported over the past several days about the failure of the federal security clearance process as it relates to Aaron Alexis, the Washington Navy Yard shooter who murdered 12 people on...
View ArticleSecurity Clearance Investigation Process Updates and Policies
A round-up of the news, security clearance policies, and government updates of 2013. January DOD CAF Consolidation—Operational consolidation of 7 of the 11 DOD Central Adjudication Facilities (CAFs)...
View ArticleChanges to Interim Secret Clearance Processes
For close to two years the Defense Security Service (DSS) has been advising stakeholders about an upcoming change to how interim Secret clearance decisions will be made. It seems that they are now...
View ArticleSecurity Clearance Policy and Process Changes – 2014
What major changes of 2014 affected security clearance policy and processes? Learn all of the details in a month-by-month break-down of key security clearance events. January Interim Clearances—The...
View ArticleNew SF86 and New Adjudicative Guidelines – Security Clearance Policy That...
Earlier this month we brought to you our comprehensive round-up of all of the security clearance policy changes and highlights of 2014. Here’s a round-up of things that didn’t happen. New Adjudicative...
View ArticleSCARE, CORRECT and Enhanced Security Act – Security Clearance Legislation...
Earlier this month we brought to you our comprehensive round-up of all of the security clearance policy changes and highlights of 2014. Here’s a round-up of things that didn’t happen. Legislation That...
View ArticleUnderstanding the DOHA Pre-Hearing Process
Several years ago I wrote an article about “Rebutting and Appealing Security Clearance Denials.” Since then things have changed regarding federal contractor clearances, but much of the information in...
View ArticleDOHA Personal Appearance Tips – What to Expect at a DOHA Hearing
In an article, “Understanding the DOHA Pre-Hearing Process,” I wrote about what happens after a contractor applicant receives a Statement of Reasons (SOR) explaining why the Government intends to deny...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Responding to a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons
When the security clearance investigation of a contractor employee is completed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the investigative file, which is called a Report For Adjudication (RFA),...
View ArticleNational Background Investigations System (NBIS) Establishes New Way of...
The next two to three years will bring dramatic changes to the way personnel security investigations (PSIs) are conducted by the government.
View ArticleRecent Changes to Public Trust Investigations
Recent changes to background investigations for Public Trust positions require more information - but the inconsistency of the process leaves questions as to how effective these changes really are.
View ArticleHow Many Days Do You Have to Respond to a SOR?
Suspense dates for answering SORs might seem a somewhat mundane, esoteric subject, but for someone who deals regularly with SOR responses, it’s clear that security clearance applicants are treated very...
View ArticleVideo Teleconferencing vs. In-Person DOHA Security Clearance Hearings
The Defense Office of Hearings And Appeals (DOHA) has held hundreds of VTC hearings since 2004, and they currently conduct a significant percentage of hearings by VTC.
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